"I do not believe I am a micromanager," he told the newspaper. Committed to research, Pestello wants to develop a strategic plan and to pay faculty salaries that are in line with those at similar schools. SLU is one of 28 Jesuit universities nationwide.

However, Pestello has his fair share of critics, the Post-Dispatch reports. He faced criticism at Le Moyne College for blaming employee cuts on budget problems while spending money on lavish office space and housing for administrators, Audrey Zych, then editor-in-chief at the school's student newspaper, told the Post-Dispatch.

Joe Adorjan, president of SLU's board of trustees, told the Post-Dispatch that much of the controversy around Biondi is "urban legend" and that Pestello was not chosen to be anti-Biondi.

"We were after someone who understands the Jesuit mission," Adorjan told the newspaper.

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